Saturday’s game will be televised by ESPN3. Bob Picozzi is on play-by-play, K.C. Keeler is on color.

Radio:

The UConn IMG Sports Network is the home of Husky football on the radio. WTIC NewsTalk 1080 in Hartford serves as the flagship station and is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada.

The Buffalo game will also be available on Sirius Radio Channel 137 and XM 192.

The UConn IMG Sports Network airs the UConn Football Coach’s Show presented by Webster Bank throughout the fall on Monday evenings at the Wood-n-Tap in Vernon, Conn. Hosted by Joe D’Ambrosio, the show is heard on the UConn IMG Sports Network. Coach Paul Pasqualoni and other individuals associated with UConn football will participate in the hour-long show, reviewing previous games and looking forward to upcoming match-ups. The Wood-n-Tap in Vernon is located at 236 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon and fans are invited to attend to watch the show live in person. There will be ticket and prize giveaways every show.

UB Athletics will begin its fifth year with The Breeze (1230 AM) and WLVL (1340 AM) to air Bulls' athletic events, including Buffalo's football and men's and women's basketball programs.

Long-time and highly-respected Buffalo television reporter and anchor Paul Peck, who had previously been the voice of UB football from 1992-99, returns to call Bulls' football for the fifth season. Joining Peck in the booth again this season will be Jim Kubiack. In addition, Nick Mendola will remain on sideline duty for football games and will team with Scott Wilson to anchor the UB football pre- and post-game shows.

UB football will air on WHTK (1280 AM) in Rochester. In addition, UB's football games will be available on the web on UB's athletic website (www.buffalobulls.com) and WECK's website (www.weck1230.com).

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Last Week:

UConn lost a nailbiter to the Michigan Wolverines 24-21. The Bulls were off last week.

History:

Saturday’s game will be the 20th time Buffalo and UConn have met and UConn leads the series by a 16-4 count. Buffalo is a very familiar non-conference foe for the Huskies as the program has ascended to the FBS level. Since 2002, when both teams first met as full-fledged FBS programs for the first time, UConn holds an 8-0 advantage over the Bulls.

UConn AD Warde Manuel had the same position at Buffalo from 2006-2012. UConn Senior Associate AD Doug Gnodtke was also at Buffalo in a similar position from 2010-12.

Paul Pasqualoni posted a pair of wins over Buffalo during his tenure as the head coach of Syracuse — 63-7 on Sept. 2, 2000 in Syracuse and Sept. 11, 2004 in Buffalo by a 37-17 count..He is now 4-0 vs. Buffalo with his 2011 and ‘12 wins as the UConn coach

UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni was the final all-time winningest coach in BIG EAST Conference league wins with 67 and overall wins with 115. He was just one of two league coaches in history to win four BIG EAST Championships. His overall college coaching record stands at 151-93-1 (34-17 at WCSU, 107-59-1 at Syracuse and 10-17 at UConn).

UConn is 34-23 in games following a loss since Oct. 26, 2002. The Huskies lost their 2012 season finale vs. Cincinnati and the record includes games over two seasons with the losses to Towson, Maryland and Michigan.

Connecticut enters Saturday’s meeting vs. Buffalo with a 19-4 record against opponents from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) – including last year’s wins vs. UMass and Buffalo and loss at Western Michigan — since making the move to the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2002.

To this point in the season, UConn and Buffalo are tied with 10 other teams for the nation’s toughest schedule.

Redshirt senior kicker Chad Christen (Etters, Pa.) missed a 46-yard field goal in the third quarter of the Michigan game, which broke a streak of ten-straight FG attempts dating back to last year.

UConn linebacker Yawin Smallwood was named the CBS Sports Defensive Player of the Week on Monday after recording 13 tackles, with two for loss and a sack, against Michigan on Saturday. Smallwood also received an American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll nod.

Jeff Quinn is in his fourth season in charge of the Buffalo program. His first Buffalo team had a 2-10 record in 2010, the Bulls were 3-9 in 2011 and were 4-8 last year. Quinn had last been the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Cincinnati for three years. Before coming to the Bearcats, he was the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Central Michigan. He came to CMU in 2004 after coaching for 15 seasons at Grand Valley State, where the team won back-to-back national championships in 2002 and ‘03.

UB has met UConn more than any other nonconference opponent since joining the FBS ranks in 1999 (12 times). The next closest nonconference opponent is Rutgers (five times).

The Bulls are coming off their longest game in school history – a five-overtime win against Stony Brook on Sept. 14.

UB players will be wearing a black sticker with the intials “SH” on their helmets this season in honor of former wide receiver Saron Hood, who passed away suddenly while working out on June 6, 2012. Hood was a member of the Bulls from 2009-12. Following his career at UB, Hood moved to Texas to complete his engineering degree at Texas A&M.